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PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 



The following table furnishes a comparison of the force of 

 mortality for males and females for ages to 4 inclusive : — 



Table XIV. 



10. Conclusion. 



The main object of tne present paper has been that of 

 exhibiting a scheme for the analysis of rates of infantile mort-Iity 

 and incidentally of furnishing on the proposed ba-is an analysis of 

 the C mmonwealth infantile mortality experience for the decennium 

 1901-19111. While the more extensive analysis contained in the sixth 

 and subsequent sections may in some instances be considered too 

 abstract for general statistical purposes, it is hoped that a consideration 

 of the question by those responsible for the preparation of statistics 

 of infantile mortality may lead in all cases to the adoption of the form 

 of presentation set out in Table IV. The work involved in the 

 preparation ol such a return is not heavy, and the information so 

 presented is of the utmost value in any study of ihe question. Where 

 practicable the fm'ther analysis of the results outlined in the later 

 sections may with advMutage be undertaken, and further examination 

 of the question of force of mortality especially at the niomenl of birth 

 is desirable. While the ideas whicli have been used in the foregoing 

 investigation have been to a large extent drawn from the writings of 

 Gompertz, Makeham, Professor Pell and other actuarial writers, it is 

 believed that the combination of these ideas in the scheme outlined 

 above, as well as certain of the incidental steps, are new. 



7. NATIONAL OLD-AGE PENSIONS. 

 By Ghas. H. Wickens, A. I. A. 



